Oh for sure. I think it’s just a numbers game. Zouma is the only one with a certain skill set and Tomori is home grown and probably on less wages. Might get a higher transfer fee, but maybe not due to the English tax.
Yeah, some games he'd look like Rudiger of past seasons, and other games he almost looked like the defender version of Kepa.
He's not crap. He's had multiple injuries and has had serious consistency problems since those injuries. Appears he's upset that he isn't being handed his spot back despite his performance issues right now.
He's not playing off the ball anywhere close to the level Lampard expects of his players. Our system relies on our players all pressing aggressively and constantly working to get players and the ball into open spaces to overload those spaces against the defenders, and he really wasn't doing much of either last year. His talent is immense and his ability on the ball is great, but he needs to be doing the things expected of him in the system if he wants more game time. People wonder why Mount gets played out of position over him, well it's because Mount provides a lot more support to the other players on the pitch while CHO has to be carried too much. CHO is more than capable of doing better and not being a liability when off the ball.
well whatever happens it seems that a US national teamer will be playing for bayern or barca this year and given the lack of options those clubs have at RB he will be playing a lot.
That much is a given. Im convinced he's barca bound tho... If I were you id prefer Munich.
He was pretty good before his injuries, he's been very inconsistent since them. He also hasn't left, and it appears he might want out rather than the club forcing him out. No one is trying to "have it both ways".
The funny thing is Wilson would have been their 3rd top goal scorer last season behind Wood and Rodriguez.
He was left out of the squad what else is he supposed to do? You would defend Christensen, Zouma, Rud... so whos the bad cbs? Or is it Lampard who cant set up a defensive structure?
I think we need a destroyer as well, but in this window it seems the ones available are blokes to replace Ozil like Szoboszlai and Aouar. Of course Soumare could be had for the right price, but I believe Evilo said he'd be sold for 40 to 45 million. I love me some Soumare, but I suggest that Aouar at 60 million is more worth the price than Soumare is at 40/45 considering he's not even a full out starter. Also as Robert said, Aouar can potentially develop into an 80 million pound player too meaning if he ever wanted to leave then we could sell him at a profit. That's something which has killed our team lately, whereas is something what Liverpool, Chelsea, and Spurs have been able to spend and spend on good players. I mean if we got a legitimate fee for Ramsey from Juve, we would've already bought Aouar and the fees we're trying to get now could be going for Partey or Soumare.
There isn't a Chelsea poster on this board that has defended the play of Rudiger or Christensen last season. Our main issues with CBs have been set pieces. When there was an issue during play, it was usually due to lack of organization. Those are issues for both players and coaches. We'll see how Frank and the other coaches change this season, but for the players, it's just who they are. Not many of them are good in the air, and none of them are really the general type at the back.
I've made my position quite clear on this, our defensive record was not that bad last year and Kepa gets nowhere near enough blame on this forum for how he sunk us. We were 5th in the league in expected goals against last year, and Kepa allowed a ton of goals he shouldn't have. Christensen and Rudiger were inconsistent last year, with Christensen always having been inconsistent but Rudiger being inconsistent post-injuries and good before that. Zouma is decent but should never be your key defender. Lampard's biggest defensive system issues are on defending set pieces, in open play the team did more than fine over the course of the season.
Yea, by myself or some other Chelsea fans that watch all our games and are familiar with his statistics. I am constantly arguing with people here who claim he is average at worse and is only bad because of Chelsea's defenders or Lampard.
